Pegylated interferon alpha-2b plus ribavirin as therapy for chronic hepatitis C in HIV-infected patients [1]

AIDS

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 131-

  Callens, Steven ^a   Bottieau, Emmanuel ^a   Michielsen, Peter ^b   Colebunders, Robert ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; CD4 ANTIGEN; INSULIN; LAMIVUDINE; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; RIBAVIRIN; STAVUDINE; STEROID; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; BLOOD TOXICITY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 1642505816     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200401020-00018     Document Type: Letter

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